(The Root) — Fruitvale Station — a film chronicling the final day of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Oakland, Calif., native who was shot and killed by a transit-police officer on New Year’s Day in ...

When you go to see Fruitvale Station, bring a hanky. The Forest Whitaker—produced film, based on the true story of Oscar Grant, a young man from the Bay Area who was fatally shot by transit police on ...

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2009, on a platform of Oakland's Fruitvale BART Station, a young man named Oscar Grant III was shot in the back by a transit officer. The officer later claimed ...

COMMUNITY MEMBERS gathered Thursday for the 17th annual Oscar Grant vigil in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood. Grant, 22, was ...

Community members gathered Thursday for the 17th annual Oscar Grant vigil in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood.

Today on Hard Knock Radio, guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga leads a critical conversation marking 17 years since the police killing of Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale BART platform. Oscar Grant’s ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- January 1 marks 12 years since Wanda Johnson's son, Oscar Grant, was killed by BART police. "We don't just look at Oscar's life, but we look at all the others who have lost ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Ten years ago on New Year's Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot in the back by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on the Fruitvale station platform. Grant's death ...

The stars of "Fruitvale Station" said they're less concerned with awards and accolades. They simply wanted to create a body of work that Oscar's family and a community, shaken by his violent death, ...

In the early hours of New Year’s day 2009, Oscar Grant—a 22-year-old African-American man—was shot by a Bay Area transit officer while handcuffed and face-down on the ground at Oakland’s Fruitvale ...

With just five movies, Ryan Coogler has already established himself as one of the most talented and influential filmmakers of his generation. The fact that he is so young – he has yet to turn 40 – and ...

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